A 19th-century zoologist found the ‘little salt dweller’, which could be a portal to the past – if only we could locate it againLast February, with colleagues Gert and Philipp and my daughter Francesca, I made the long journey to an unremarkable city called Río Cuarto, east of the Argentinian

Scientists say they are ingesting more microplastics in Mediterranean as the plankton they feed on struggle to survive in warming watersAs the Latin name suggests, Sardina pilchardus can be called a sardine or a pilchard when it is tinned or offered on a fishmonger’s slab. One common definition is that

The region’s ice extent on March 1 tied for the second-lowest minimum observed in the satellite record. Read More... ​Read More